Accumulating driving evaluation data of another car from a vehicle and evaluating driving of a driver of each vehicle

ABSTRACT

A configuration is realized that enables to acquire and accumulate driving evaluation data of another car from a vehicle and evaluate driving of a driver of each vehicle. Vehicle information, driver information, and location information are transmitted from a vehicle-side information processing apparatus to an information management apparatus, and in addition, evaluation information regarding driving of the other vehicle is transmitted to the information management apparatus. The information management apparatus receives the vehicle information, the driver information, and the location information from the vehicle and stores the received information in a database and receives evaluation information and time information, driver information, and the like at the time of evaluation. By matching processing on the data stored in the database and the data received together with the evaluation information, an evaluation target vehicle and a driver are specified, stored in an evaluation information database, and analysis processing based on the stored data is executed, and the analysis result is provided to the driver and the like.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a U.S. National Phase of International PatentApplication No. PCT/JP2018/028626 filed on Jul. 31, 2018, which claimspriority benefit of Japanese Patent Application No. JP 2017-160158 filedin the Japan Patent Office on Aug. 23, 2017. Each of theabove-referenced applications is hereby incorporated herein by referencein its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus,an information processing system, an information processing method, anda program. More specifically, present disclosure relates to aninformation processing apparatus, an information processing system, aninformation processing method, and a program that execute evaluationprocessing regarding driving of a driver of an automobile.

BACKGROUND ART

Driving techniques for automobiles vary according to a driver, and thereare many drivers whose driving is dangerous while many drivers driveautomobiles as keeping safety driving in mind.

Furthermore, in recent years, with an increase in the number of elderlydrivers, dangerous driving due to deterioration in the driving techniquetends to increase.

However, for example, it is not possible to know whether or not a cararound the own car is an automobile driven by a driver who performsdangerous driving.

If such information can be obtained in advance, the driver can preventan accident in advance, for example, by increasing an inter-vehicledistance from surrounding cars.

Furthermore, in recent years, as an insurance related to an automobilethat is a so-called automobile insurance, a telematics insurance hasbeen widely used that acquires and analyzes driver's driving informationsuch as a travel distance of a vehicle or driving characteristics,determines whether or not the driver performs safely driving, andcalculates an insurance premium on the basis of the determinationresult.

There are two types of telematics insurance including the pay as youdrive (PAYD) type of which an insurance premium is linked to only atravel distance and a pay how you drive (PHYD) type of which aninsurance premium is calculated in consideration of the drivingcharacteristics of the driver, for example, driving characteristics sucha frequency of sudden braking, sudden start, and the like.

In order to calculate the insurance premium on the basis of the drivingcharacteristics of the driver, it is necessary to acquire drivingcharacteristics data of the driver, and information that is collected onthe basis of various sensors provided in the vehicle is used as basicdata for insurance premium calculation.

Note that, for example, Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent ApplicationLaid-Open No. 2016-147600) discloses an insurance premium calculationprocessing configuration based on the collection of such drivinginformation.

For the pay as you drive (PHYD) type telematics insurance, an insurancepremium is calculated on the basis of the driving characteristics of thedriver.

Specifically, for example, in a case where sudden braking, sudden start,sudden steering are frequently used, it is determined that the number oftimes of dangerous driving is large, and the insurance premium is set tobe high.

However, for example, sudden braking is often used to avoid danger, andthere are many opinions that there is a problem in that the insurancepremium is set to be high due to the number of times of sudden braking.

As a method of preventing such a problem, it is considered that drivingevaluation by others is effective.

CITATION LIST Patent Document

-   Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.    2016-147600

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention

The present disclosure has been made, for example, in consideration ofthe above problems, and an object of the present disclosure is toprovide an information processing apparatus, an information processingsystem, an information processing method, and a program that make itpossible to evaluate driving of an automobile driver by a driver ofanother automobile around the automobile, accumulate evaluation data,and perform data analysis based on the accumulated data, informationproviding processing and insurance premium calculation based on theanalysis result, and the like.

Solutions to Problems

A first aspect of the present disclosure is

an information processing apparatus that includes

an evaluation information input unit that inputs evaluation informationregarding driving of another vehicle, and

a communication unit that transmits the evaluation information input bythe evaluation information input unit to an information managementapparatus.

Moreover, a second aspect of the present disclosure is

an information processing apparatus that includes

a communication unit that receives evaluation information regardingdriving of another car from a vehicle,

an evaluation information database that stores the evaluationinformation, and

a totaling processing unit that executes analysis processing based ondata stored in the evaluation information database.

Moreover, a third aspect of the present disclosure is

an information processing system that includes

a vehicle-side information processing apparatus, and

an information management apparatus, in which

the vehicle-side information processing apparatus includes

an evaluation information input unit that inputs evaluation informationregarding driving of another vehicle, and

a communication unit that transmits the evaluation information input tothe evaluation information input unit to the information managementapparatus, and

the information management apparatus includes

a communication unit that receives the evaluation information from thevehicle-side information processing apparatus,

an evaluation information database that stores the evaluationinformation, and

a totaling processing unit that executes analysis processing based ondata stored in the evaluation information database.

Moreover, a fourth aspect of the present disclosure is

an information processing method executed by an information processingapparatus, the method including

input detection processing of detecting input processing of evaluationinformation regarding driving of another vehicle to an evaluationinformation input unit, and

data transmission processing of transmitting the evaluation informationinput to the evaluation information input unit to an informationmanagement apparatus via a communication unit.

Moreover, a fifth aspect of the present disclosure is

an information processing method executed by an information processingapparatus, the method including

a communication step of receiving evaluation information regardingdriving of another car from a vehicle via a communication unit,

a step of storing the evaluation information in an evaluationinformation database by a data processing unit, and

a totaling step of executing analysis processing based on data stored inthe evaluation information database by a totaling processing unit.

Moreover, a sixth aspect of the present disclosure is

a program for causing an information processing apparatus to executeinformation processing including

input detection processing of detecting input processing of evaluationinformation regarding driving of another vehicle to an evaluationinformation input unit, and

data transmission processing of transmitting the evaluation informationinput to the evaluation information input unit to an informationmanagement apparatus via a communication unit.

Moreover, a seventh aspect of the present disclosure is

a program for causing an information processing apparatus to executeinformation processing including

a communication step of receiving evaluation information regardingdriving of another car from a vehicle via a communication unit,

a step of storing the evaluation information in an evaluationinformation database by a data processing unit, and

a totaling step of executing analysis processing based on data stored inthe evaluation information database by a totaling processing unit.

Note that, for example, a program according to the present disclosurecan be provided by a storage medium and a communication medium whichprovide the program in a computer-readable format to an informationprocessing apparatus and a computer system which can execute variousprogram codes. The information processing apparatus and the computersystem can realize processing according to the program by providing suchprograms in a computer-readable format.

Other purpose, characteristics, and advantages of the present disclosurewould be obvious by the detailed description based on the embodiments ofthe present disclosure as described later and the attached drawings.Note that, the system herein is a logical group configuration of aplurality of devices, and the devices of the configuration are notlimited to be housed in the same casing.

Effects of the Invention

According to the configuration of one embodiment of the presentdisclosure, a configuration is realized that can acquire and accumulatedriving evaluation data of another car from a vehicle and evaluatedriving of a driver of each vehicle.

Specifically, for example, vehicle information, driver information, andlocation information are transmitted from a vehicle-side informationprocessing apparatus to an information management apparatus, and inaddition, evaluation information regarding driving of the other vehicleis transmitted to the information management apparatus. The informationmanagement apparatus receives the vehicle information, the driverinformation, and the location information from the vehicle and storesthe received information in a database and receives evaluationinformation and time information, driver information, and the like atthe time of evaluation. By matching processing on the data stored in thedatabase and the data received together with the evaluation information,an evaluation target vehicle and a driver are specified, stored in anevaluation information database, and analysis processing based on thestored data is executed, and the analysis result is provided to thedriver and the like.

According to this configuration, a configuration is realized thatenables to acquire and accumulate driving evaluation data of another carfrom a vehicle and evaluate driving of a driver of each vehicle.

Note that the effects described herein are only exemplary and notlimited to these. Furthermore, there may be an additional effect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an exemplary configuration of aninformation processing system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining configurations and processing of avehicle-side information processing apparatus and an informationmanagement apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of data stored in avehicle information database.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of data stored in a driverinformation database.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of data stored in avehicle location information database.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining event detection processing executedby an event detection unit.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example of data stored in an eventinformation database.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an example of an evaluationinformation input UI.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining an example of data stored in anevaluation information database.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an example of the evaluationinformation input UI.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an output example of evaluationinformation.

FIGS. 12A, 12B, and 12C are diagrams for explaining an output example ofthe evaluation information.

FIGS. 13A, 13B, and 13C are diagrams for explaining an output example ofthe evaluation information.

MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, an information processing apparatus, an informationprocessing system, an information processing method, and a programaccording to the present disclosure will be described in detail withreference to the drawings. Note that the description will be madeaccording to the following items.

1. Outline of Information Processing System

2. Device Configuration and Processing of Vehicle-side InformationProcessing Apparatus and Information Management Apparatus

3. Information Provision Processing Using Evaluation Information

4. Processing for Notifying Approach of Dangerous Driving Vehicle

5. Exemplary Processing Applied to Insurance Premium Calculation ofTelematics Insurance

6. Exemplary Configuration of Information Processing Apparatus

7. Summary of Configuration of Present Disclosure

[1. Outline of Information Processing System]

First, an outline of an information processing system according to thepresent disclosure will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of theinformation processing system according to the present disclosure.

In FIG. 1, a car A11, a car B12, and a car C13 that travel side by sidein the front-back direction.

Drivers A21, B22, and C23 respectively drive the cars A to C.

Each of the cars A to C communicates with an information managementapparatus 30 and transmits various information below to the informationmanagement apparatus 30.

(1) Car Information

(2) Driver Information

(3) Location Information

(1) The car information is information including a car ID as caridentification information.

(2) The driver information is information including a driver ID asdriver identification information.

(3) The location information is location information acquired by alocation information acquisition device, for example, a GPS mounted on acar.

Note that the information management apparatus 30 includes a vehicleinformation database in which the car information is registered.

The vehicle information database stores, for example, the car ID, avehicle type, a registered driver, all-around image data of the car, andthe like in association with each other.

Furthermore, the information management apparatus 30 includes a driverinformation database in which the driver information is registered.

The driver information database stores, for example, the driver ID, thecar ID, driving time information data, and the like in association witheach other.

Database configurations will be described later in detail.

A driver or an occupant of each of the cars A to C can confirm andevaluate driving conditions of surrounding cars and transmit drivingevaluation information of other cars to the information managementapparatus 30.

For example, the driver B22 of the car B12 illustrated in FIG. 1observes a driving condition of the car A11 that has jumped in front ofthe car B12 due to sudden overtake and determines that the drivingcondition is dangerous driving, makes negative evaluation (BAD) on thebasis of the determination, and transmits the evaluation information tothe information management apparatus 30 as other car evaluationinformation.

Furthermore, for example, the driver C23 of the car C13 illustrated inFIG. 1 observes the driving condition of the car B12 on the front side,determines that safety driving is performed in compliance with a legalspeed, makes positive evaluation (GOOD) on the basis of thedetermination, and transmits the evaluation information to theinformation management apparatus 30 as the other car evaluationinformation.

The information management apparatus 30 accumulates the evaluationinformation received from each car, analyzes the accumulated data, andprovides analysis results to, for example, the driver of each car.

Moreover, the information management apparatus 30 provides theevaluation information and the analysis results to an insurance company40 and the like as necessary. The insurance company 40 uses theinformation for calculation of the insurance premium for each driver.

[2. Device Configuration and Processing of Vehicle-Side InformationProcessing Apparatus and Information Management Apparatus]

Next, device configurations and processing of a vehicle-side informationprocessing apparatus and an information management apparatus will bedescribed below with reference to FIG. 2 and subsequent drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating device configurations of avehicle-side information processing apparatus 100 and an informationmanagement apparatus 200.

Note that, although not illustrated, each of the vehicle-sideinformation processing apparatus 100 and the information managementapparatus 200 includes a communication unit and a data processing unit,has a configuration that can communicate with each other via thecommunication unit, and generates and analyzes transmission andreception data and executes data storage processing to the database bythe data processing unit.

A connection line such as an arrow for connecting each unit of thevehicle-side information processing apparatus 100 and the informationmanagement apparatus 200 indicates that data is exchanged bycommunication processing via the communication units of the vehicle-sideinformation processing apparatus 100 and the information managementapparatus 200.

As illustrated, the vehicle-side information processing apparatus 100includes a vehicle registration unit 101, a driver registration unit102, a location detection unit 103, an event detection unit 1-4, anevaluation information input user interface (UI) 105, and an evaluationinformation output user interface (UI) 106.

Furthermore, the information management apparatus 200 includes a vehicleinformation database 201, a driver information database 202, a vehiclelocation information database 203, an event information database 204, amatching processing unit 205, an evaluation information database 206,and a totaling processing unit 207.

First, the vehicle-side information processing apparatus 100 transmitsvehicle information to the information management apparatus 200 via thevehicle registration unit 101. The information management apparatus 200registers received information in the vehicle information database 201.

Note that it is sufficient that the registration processing be executedonly once, for example, at the time of purchasing a car.

The registration processing may be executed by transmittingpredetermined registration data from the vehicle-side informationprocessing apparatus 100 to the information management apparatus 200.However, for example, the registration processing can be executed byprocessing for submitting a sheet on which necessary information iswritten to an operator of the information management apparatus 200through mail and the like. Furthermore, the registration processing canbe executed in various ways, for example, preparing and applying thenecessary information by proxy by a car dealer and the like.

An example of registration data stored in the vehicle informationdatabase 201 of the information management apparatus 200 will bedescribed with reference to FIG. 3.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the vehicle information database 201 stores

a vehicle Identifier (ID),

a vehicle type,

a registered driver Identifier (ID), and

vehicle images (front, back, left, and right side images)

in association with each other.

Note that regarding the registered driver Identifier (ID), IDs of aplurality of drivers can be registered for a single vehicle.

The vehicle images (front, back, left, and right sides images) are notlimited to the front, back, left, and right still images and may be, forexample, video data observed from around the car.

The image data may be set to be provided from a car dealer, amanufacturer, or the like.

Returning to FIG. 2, the description of the configurations and theprocessing of the vehicle-side information processing apparatus 100 andthe information management apparatus 200 will be continued.

The driver registration unit 102 of the vehicle-side informationprocessing apparatus 100 acquires the driver information and the likewhen the driver gets on the vehicle and starts driving. The acquiredinformation is transmitted to the information management apparatus 200via the communication unit.

The transmitted information is stored in the driver information database202 of the information management apparatus 200.

An example of data stored in the driver information database 202 isillustrated in FIG. 4.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the driver information database 202 stores

the driver Identifier (ID),

a vehicle Identifier (ID), and

driving time information

in association with each other.

The driver is a driver who has the registered driver ID registered inthe vehicle information database described above with reference to FIG.3. For example, the driver owns an ID card issued by the informationmanagement apparatus 200. The driver ID, the vehicle ID, and the likeare recorded on the ID card.

The driver inserts the ID card into a card insertion slot of the driverregistration unit 102 of the vehicle at the time of the start ofdriving.

By inserting the card, the driver ID, the vehicle ID, and the like areread from the ID card and transmitted to the information managementapparatus 200.

The information management apparatus 200 stores these pieces ofinformation in the driver information database 202.

Note that the information management apparatus 200 records timeinformation in association with the driver ID and the vehicle ID. First,a driving start time is recorded. Thereafter, the driver registrationunit 102 of the vehicle-side information processing apparatus 100transmits driving stop information and the like of the vehicle to theinformation management apparatus 200, and the information managementapparatus 200 records a stopped time in a case where the driving isstopped. That is, driving time information is recorded.

Note that, in the above example, an example of the registrationprocessing of the driver information and the like using the ID card hasbeen described. However, for example, other configuration may be usedthat executes processing for identifying and registering a driverthrough biometric authentication such as a fingerprint.

Returning to FIG. 2, the description of the configurations and theprocessing of the vehicle-side information processing apparatus 100 andthe information management apparatus 200 will be continued.

The location detection unit 103 of the vehicle-side informationprocessing apparatus 100 detects location information of the vehicle.The acquired location information is transmitted to the informationmanagement apparatus 200 via the communication unit.

The transmitted information is stored in the vehicle locationinformation database 203 of the information management apparatus 200.

The location detection unit 103 of the vehicle-side informationprocessing apparatus 100 includes, for example, a GPS.

An example of data stored in the vehicle location information database203 is illustrated in FIG. 5.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, the vehicle location information database 203stores

the vehicle Identifier (ID) and

time-location associated information

in association with each other.

In the time-location associated information, for example, the locationinformation is sequentially recorded in association with locationinformation acquired time at the timing according to measurementintervals of the GPS.

The event detection unit 104 of the vehicle-side information processingapparatus 100 illustrated in FIG. 2 acquires, for example, eventinformation indicating that it is necessary to transmit the evaluationinformation from the vehicle-side information processing apparatus 100to the information management apparatus 200, and the acquired eventinformation is transmitted to the information management apparatus 200.

The transmitted event information is stored in the event informationdatabase 204 of the information management apparatus 200.

An example of processing of the event detection unit 104 of thevehicle-side information processing apparatus 100 will be described withreference to FIG. 6.

FIG. 6 is a state transition diagram for explaining an example of theprocessing of the event detection unit 104.

For example, in a standby state in step S11, when the driver finds acar, which is dangerously driven, around the driver and desires totransmit driving evaluation information of the dangerous car to thevehicle-side information processing apparatus 100, the driver in stepS12 makes an input to an input unit included in the event detection unit104 of the vehicle-side information processing apparatus 100.

With this input, the procedure proceeds to event database registrationprocessing in step S13.

Alternatively, in a case where a camera attached to the vehicle findsthe car which is dangerously driven in step S12, it is automaticallydetermined that the evaluation information should be output, and theprocedure proceeds to the event database registration processing in stepS13.

The event database registration processing in step S13 is processing forstoring an event detected by the event detection unit 104 of thevehicle-side information processing apparatus 100 in the eventinformation database 204 of the information management apparatus 200.

An example of data stored in the event information database 203 isillustrated in FIG. 7.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, the event information database 203 stores

an event Identifier (ID),

date and time information,

an event information output vehicle Identifier (ID),

an event information output vehicle driver Identifier (ID),

an evaluation value (−50 to +50),

an evaluator ID (driver ID in a case where evaluator is driver, sensor(camera and the like) ID in a case of automatic detection (AUTO)), and

evaluation target vehicle information (for example, image)

in association with each other.

The data and time information is data and time information when theevent has occurred, and is information regarding an operation time ofthe input unit by the user or the time information when the camera hasfound the car which is dangerously driven.

The event information output vehicle Identifier (ID), and

the event information output vehicle driver Identifier (ID)

are respectively an ID of a vehicle that has output the eventinformation and an ID of a driver of the vehicle.

The evaluation value (−50 to +50) is a value of an input evaluationvalue in a case of an evaluation value input by the user and in a casewhere the evaluation value is input by using an evaluation informationinput user interface (UI) to be described later.

In a case where an automatic evaluation value by the sensor such as acamera, the automatic evaluation value is recorded.

The evaluator ID (driver ID in a case where evaluator is driver and thesensor (camera and the like) ID in a case of the automatic detection(AUTO) are

This data is a driver ID as a person who input the evaluation value in acase where the evaluation value is input by using the evaluationinformation input user interface (UI) to be described later.

In a case of the automatic evaluation value by the sensor such as acamera, the sensor ID of the sensor is recorded.

The evaluation target vehicle information (for example, image) isinformation for specifying a vehicle to be evaluated and, for example,is imaged data captured by the camera attached to the vehicle.

Returning to FIG. 6, the description regarding the state transitiondiagram of the event detection unit 104 will be continued.

After the event database registration processing in step S13, in a casewhere the event registration processing is processing by the user input,user interface (UI) activation processing is executed in step S14, andthe procedure proceeds to an evaluation information input UI displayprocessing step in step S15.

An example of a user interface displayed on a display unit of thevehicle in the evaluation information input UI display processing stepin step S15 will be described with reference to FIG. 8.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a UI displayed on adisplay unit 301 of the vehicle.

A display image on the display unit 301 illustrated in FIG. 8 is animage obtained by capturing the front side of the vehicle by the cameramounted on the vehicle.

Vehicle identification frames 302 and 312 are set for each vehicleincluded in the display image.

For example, in the vehicle identification frame 302, a plus button 303and a minus button 304 for evaluation value input and a set evaluationvalue display region 305 are displayed.

The driver who is the evaluator can set the evaluation value by touchingthe plus button 303 or the minus button 304.

For example, an evaluation value=0 is displayed in the set evaluationvalue display region 305 first. The evaluation value is incremented by+five, for example, when the driver who is the evaluator touches theplus button 303 once, the evaluation value is increased by +five, whenthe driver touches the plus button 303 twice, the evaluation value isincreased by +10, and when the driver touches the plus button 303 threetimes, the evaluation value is increased by +15.

On the other hand, the evaluation value is decremented by −five, forexample, when the driver touches the minus button 304 once, theevaluation value is decreased by −5, when the driver touches the minusbutton 304 twice, the evaluation value is decreased by −10, and when thedriver touches the minus button 304 three times, the evaluation value isdecreased by −15.

According to such processing, for example, the evaluation values fromthe minimum evaluation value (−50) to the maximum evaluation value (+50)can be input.

When a transmission button 313 is touched, the input evaluation value istransmitted to the information management apparatus 200 and stored inthe event information database 204.

Note that the image of the vehicle identification frame displayed in theUI described with reference to FIG. 8 is transmitted from thevehicle-side information processing apparatus 100 to the informationmanagement apparatus 200 together with the event information and isregistered in the information management apparatus 200.

The processing corresponds to the processing in steps S15→S16→S13 in thestate transition diagram illustrated in FIG. 6.

The processing in step S17 in the state transition diagram illustratedin FIG. 6 is return processing to the standby step that is executed atthe time of the event registration processing in step S13 or theevaluation information input UI display processing in step S15, or atthe time of cancellation determination processing such as a case wherethe input of the evaluation information is completed after the aboveprocessing or a case where the input has not been made for a certainperiod of time after the UI display.

Returning to FIG. 2, the description of the configurations and theprocessing of the vehicle-side information processing apparatus 100 andthe information management apparatus 200 will be continued.

The evaluation information input user interface 105 of the vehicle-sideinformation processing apparatus 100 is the UI described with referenceto FIG. 8 above, and the user (driver and the like) inputs theevaluation information of the other car by using the UI.

The input evaluation information is stored in the event informationdatabase 204 of the information management apparatus 200.

The event information database 204 stores the data described withreference to FIG. 7, that is,

the event Identifier (ID),

the date and time information,

the event information output vehicle Identifier (ID),

the event information output vehicle driver Identifier (ID),

the evaluation value (−50 to +50),

the evaluator ID (driver ID in a case where evaluator is driver, sensor(camera and the like) ID in a case of automatic detection (AUTO)), and

the evaluation target vehicle information (for example, image)

in association with each other.

The matching processing unit 205 of the information management apparatus200 executes matching processing of the data stored in the eventinformation database 204 and

the information stored in each of

the vehicle information database 201,

the driver information database 202, and

the vehicle location information database 203.

Specifically, the matching processing unit 205 executes processing forspecifying, for example, an evaluation target vehicle and a driverthereof.

Each of

the vehicle information database 201,

the driver information database 202, and

the vehicle location information database 203 stores

the following information regarding two vehicles, i.e., the eventinformation

regarding the event information output vehicle stored in the eventinformation database 204 and the vehicle corresponding to the evaluationtarget vehicle information, that is,

the vehicle ID,

the driver ID, and

the location information.

The matching processing unit 205 executes the matching processing of thedata stored in the event information database 204 and

the data stored in each of

the vehicle information database 201,

the driver information database 202, and

the vehicle location information database 203, and verifies whether ornot the event information output vehicle, the evaluation target vehicle,the driver, and the date and time of the event, the location, and thelike are stored as the registered data in which the pieces of data arecorrectly associated with each other.

When the matching processing is completed and the evaluation targetvehicle and the driver are successfully specified, the evaluationinformation is stored in the evaluation information database 206.

An example of data stored in the evaluation information database 206will be described with reference to FIG. 9.

As illustrated in FIG. 9, the evaluation information database 206 storesthe following data.

The date and time information,

the location information,

the evaluation target vehicle ID,

an evaluation target driver ID,

the evaluation value (+50 to −50), and

the evaluator ID

are stored in association with each other.

The date and time information and the location information arerespectively a data and time when the evaluation processing is executedand location information of the evaluation target vehicle.

The evaluation target vehicle ID and the evaluation target driver ID arerespectively identifiers of a vehicle and a driver to be evaluated.

The evaluator ID and the evaluation value (+50 to −50) are respectively,for example, the ID and the evaluation value of the driver who hasexecuted the evaluation processing.

Each piece of data is acquired from any one of the databases including

the event information database 204 or

the vehicle information database 201,

the driver information database 202, and

the vehicle location information database 203

which are applied to the matching processing.

In the evaluation information database 206, only reliable information ofwhich the evaluation target vehicle and the driver of the vehicle can bespecified by the matching processing is registered, and registration ofwrong information can be prevented.

The totaling processing unit 207 performs totalization and analysisprocessing by using the data stored in the evaluation informationdatabase 206 and generates information provided to the driver,information provided to the insurance company, and the like.

The generated information is output to, for example, the evaluationinformation output user interface (UI) 106 of the vehicle-sideinformation processing apparatus 100.

An information output example to the evaluation information output userinterface (UI) 106 will be described later.

Note that the specific example of the evaluation information input UI105 has been described with reference to FIG. 8. However, the example ofthe evaluation information input UI 105 illustrated in FIG. 8 is anexample, and various other UIs can be used.

FIG. 10 illustrates a specific example of the evaluation informationinput UI 105 different from the UI illustrated in FIG. 8.

In the specific example of the evaluation information input UI 105illustrated in FIG. 10, an evaluation reason input region 321 in whichan evaluation reason is written is set. By touching any one of items inthe evaluation reason input region 321, the evaluator transmits theevaluation reason to the information management apparatus 200 togetherwith the evaluation value.

The information management apparatus 200 can register the evaluationreason in the event information database 204 and the evaluationinformation database 206 together with the evaluation value.

[3. Information Provision Processing Using Evaluation Information]

Next, an example of information generated and provided by the totalingprocessing unit 207 of the information management apparatus 200 by usingthe data stored in the evaluation information database 206, for example,information provided to the driver and the like will be described.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the informationgenerated and provided by the totaling processing unit 207 of theinformation management apparatus 200 by using the data stored in theevaluation information database 206.

In FIG. 11, an example of the information is illustrated that istransmitted from the information management apparatus 200 to thevehicle-side information processing apparatus 100 and displayed on adisplay unit of an automobile.

This is an information output example to the evaluation informationoutput user interface (UI) 106 of the vehicle information processingapparatus 100 illustrated in FIG. 2.

The example illustrated in FIG. 11 is an example of information providedto the evaluation target person who has received low evaluation(evaluation value=−50 to zero) from another person.

A date and time and a place of the low evaluation, an evaluation value,an evaluation reason are displayed together with an image (map orcaptured image).

The driver can reflect on his/her driving according to the providedinformation.

FIGS. 12A, 12B, and 12C are examples of information provided to thedriver by generating a summary of evaluation data of a specific driverfor a predetermined period, for example, six months by the informationmanagement apparatus 200.

The display information illustrated in FIGS. 12A, 12B, and 12C isinformation transmitted from the information management apparatus 200 tothe vehicle-side information processing apparatus 100 and displayed onthe display unit of the automobile as in FIG. 11.

The summary data includes the following data.

FIG. 12A Monthly average evaluation value

FIG. 12B Reason for low evaluation

FIG. 12C Overall evaluation

FIG. 12A The monthly average evaluation value is data obtained byaveraging evaluation values of the driver acquired in six months(January to June) on a monthly basis.

FIG. 12B The reason for low evaluation is statistical data of the reasonfor low evaluation acquired as the evaluation values of the driveracquired in six months (January to June).

FIG. 12C The overall evaluation is overall evaluation informationgenerated on the basis of the evaluation values and the evaluationreason for six months.

The examples of the provided information illustrated in FIGS. 11, 12A,12B, and 12C are examples of feedback information provided to theevaluated driver.

The information management apparatus 200 can generate and provide thefeedback information to an evaluation execution subject who made anevaluation, in addition to the above information.

FIGS. 13A, 13B, and 13C illustrate an example of the feedbackinformation to the evaluation execution subject.

FIGS. 13A, 13B, and 13C are examples of summary information ofevaluation data of a specific evaluation executor (driver) for apredetermined period, for example, six months generated by theinformation management apparatus 200.

The display information illustrated in FIGS. 13A, 13B, and 13C isinformation transmitted from the information management apparatus 200 tothe vehicle-side information processing apparatus 100 and displayed onthe display unit of the automobile as in FIGS. 11, 12A, 12B, and 12C.

The summary data includes the following data.

FIG. 13A Evaluation value statistics

FIG. 13B Monthly average evaluation value

FIG. 13C Request for evaluation value setting

FIG. 13A The evaluation value statistics is a graph indicating thenumber of positive evaluations and negative evaluations in theevaluation processing executed by the evaluator during the past halfyear.

FIG. 13B The monthly average evaluation value is a graph indicating amonthly average value of the evaluation values in the evaluationprocessing executed by the evaluator during the past half year.

FIG. 13C The request for evaluation value setting is a message generatedby the information management apparatus 200 on the basis of FIG. 13AEvaluation value statistics and FIG. 13B Monthly average evaluationvalue and is message information for executing neutral evaluation.

In this way, the information management apparatus 200 can generate andprovide various feedback information to the evaluator and the person tobe evaluated on the basis of the evaluation information stored in theevaluation information database 200.

[4. Processing for Notifying Approach of Dangerous Driving Vehicle]

As described with reference to FIGS. 11, 12A, 12B, 12C, 13A, 13B, and13C, the information management apparatus 200 can generate and providevarious feedback information to the evaluator and the person to beevaluated on the basis of the evaluation information stored in theevaluation information database 200.

The information management apparatus 200 can further execute processingfor notifying each vehicle that the dangerous driving vehicle isapproaching on the basis of the evaluation information stored in theevaluation information database 200.

The processing example will be described with reference to FIG. 14 andthe subsequent drawings.

FIG. 14 is a state transition diagram illustrating a processing state ofthe data processing unit of the information management apparatus 200that executes the processing for notifying each vehicle that thedangerous driving vehicle is approaching.

As described with reference to FIG. 1, the information managementapparatus 200 continuously receives the vehicle information, the driverinformation, the location information, and the evaluation informationfrom a vehicle that is traveling on a road.

The information management apparatus 200 stores the data stored in theevaluation information database described with reference to FIG. 9 aboveon the basis of the evaluation information, that is,

the date and time information,

the location information,

the evaluation target vehicle ID,

the evaluation target driver ID,

the evaluation value (+50 to −50), and

the evaluator ID

in association with the evaluation information database 206.

The information management apparatus 200 can constantly grasp theposition of the vehicle (dangerous driving vehicle) that has receivedlow evaluation on the basis of the data stored in the evaluationinformation database 206.

The information management apparatus 200 executes the processing fornotifying each vehicle that the dangerous driving vehicle is approachingby using the location information of the dangerous driving vehicle.

In the state transition diagram illustrated in FIG. 14, step S21 is anormal standby state.

For example, in a case where another vehicle (vehicle A) is detected ina traveling direction of the dangerous driving vehicle in step S22, theprocedure proceeds to step S23, and the notification that the vehiclethat has received low evaluation (dangerous driving vehicle) isapproaching is issued to the vehicle A.

A specific example of the notification information is illustrated inFIG. 15.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display image of adisplay unit of the vehicle A which receives the notification.

An image captured by a camera of the vehicle A is displayed on thedisplay unit of the vehicle A. Moreover, a warning frame 351 foridentifying the vehicle that has received low evaluation (dangerousdriving vehicle) is displayed around the dangerous driving vehicle.

The vehicle is set on the basis of identification information of thevehicle identified on the basis of the data stored in the evaluationinformation database 206 by the information management apparatus 200.

By looking at the display image, a driver of the vehicle A can recognizethat an oncoming vehicle is a dangerous driving vehicle in advance andcan avoid danger by deceleration processing and the like.

Note that the present disclosure is not limited to the dangerous vehicledisplay processing as illustrated in FIG. 15 and, for example, aconfiguration may be used that outputs warning sound via a warning soundoutput unit included in the vehicle.

Thereafter, when the dangerous driving vehicle moves away, thenotification processing is terminated, and the state returns to thestandby state.

That is, processing in step S24 in FIG. 14 is executed.

[5. Exemplary Processing Applied to Insurance Premium Calculation ofTelematics Insurance]

Next, an example will be described in which the information managementapparatus 200 provides the data stored in the evaluation informationdatabase 206 or the analysis data thereof to the insurance company andthe insurance company calculates an insurance premium on the basis ofthe received data.

First, an outline of a telematics insurance will be described withreference to FIG. 16.

As described above, there are two types of telematics insuranceincluding the pay as you drive (PAYD) type of which an insurance premiumis linked to only a travel distance and a pay how you drive (PHYD) typeof which an insurance premium is calculated in consideration of drivingcharacteristics of a driver, for example, driving characteristics such afrequency of sudden braking, sudden start, and the like.

For the pay as you drive (PHYD) type telematics insurance, an insurancepremium is calculated on the basis of the driving characteristics of thedriver.

The outline of insurance premium calculation processing will bedescribed with reference to FIG. 16 and the subsequent drawings.

In FIG. 16, a vehicle 400 and an insurance company 420 are illustrated.

A driver 401 as an insurance premium calculation target gets on anddrives the vehicle 400.

Various sensors that acquire the driving characteristics are provided inthe vehicle 400. Specifically, various driving behavior data acquisitiondevices are provided such as acquisition devices of a travel distanceand a travel speed information, a detection sensor that detects suddenbraking, sudden start, and sudden steering, a device that detects a timeband when driving is performed, and the like.

Data acquired by the driving behavior data acquisition device providedin the vehicle 400 is transmitted to an information processing apparatus421 of the insurance company 420 via a communication unit of thevehicle, for example.

Note that the data may be sequentially transmitted or a configurationmay be used in which data acquired in a predetermined period, forexample, one week or one month is accumulated in a storage unit in thevehicle 400 and the accumulated data is collectively transmitted.

Alternatively, the driver 401 may submit a medium in which the datastored in the storage unit of the vehicle 400 is recorded to theinsurance company 420.

The information processing apparatus 421 of the insurance company 420analyzes driving behavior data in units of a predetermined period,calculates an insurance premium based on the driving characteristics ofthe driver 401, and charges the insurance premium.

This is setting in which, for example, in a case where an insurancepremium calculation premium is set to one month, if it determined thatthe number of dangerous driving records is small during the calculationperiod of one month, the insurance premium is reduced, and if it isdetermined that the number of dangerous driving records is large, theinsurance premium is increased.

The information processing apparatus 421 of the insurance company 420calculates the insurance premium according to an insurance premiumcalculation algorithm set by the insurance company.

Specifically, for example, the insurance premium is determined accordingto the setting illustrated in FIG. 17.

The horizontal axis of the graph illustrated in FIG. 17 indicates adriving danger level, and setting is made such that the left sideindicates a lower danger level and the right side indicates a higherdanger level.

The vertical axis indicates the calculated insurance premium, and theupper side indicates a higher insurance premium.

The driving danger level is determined on the basis of the data acquiredfrom the driving behavior data acquisition device provided in thevehicle 400. Specifically, in a case where the number of times of suddenbraking, sudden start, sudden steering, or high speed driving is large,it is determined that the danger level is high.

When such a determination is made, the calculated insurance premium isset to be high.

In this way, for the pay as you drive (PHYD) type telematics insurance,the insurance premium is calculated on the basis of the drivingcharacteristics of the driver.

Specifically, for example, in a case where sudden braking, sudden start,sudden steering are frequently used, it is determined that the number oftimes of dangerous driving is large, and the insurance premium is set tobe high.

However, for example, sudden braking is often used to avoid danger, andthere are many opinions that there is a problem in that the insurancepremium is set to be high due to the number of times of sudden braking.

As a method of preventing such a problem, it is considered that drivingevaluation by others is effective.

For example, a driver whose monthly average value of evaluation valuesof driving evaluation by the others is positive, the insurance premiumis set to be low.

On the other hand, a driver whose monthly average value of evaluationvalues of driving evaluation by the others is negative, the insurancepremium is set to be high.

The insurance premium can be set in this way.

An example of insurance premium setting to which the driving evaluationvalue by the others is illustrated in FIG. 18.

As in FIG. 17, the horizontal axis of the graph illustrated in FIG. 18indicates the driving danger level, and setting is made such that theleft side indicates a lower danger level and the right side indicates ahigher danger level.

The vertical axis indicates the calculated insurance premium, and theupper side indicates a higher insurance premium.

In FIG. 18, three lines are illustrated.

A line A is a reference insurance premium setting line and is aninsurance premium setting line in a case where the driving evaluationvalue is not considered.

A line B is a higher insurance premium setting line and is an insurancepremium setting line, for example, in a case where an average of thedriving evaluation values for a predetermined period in the pastindicates negative evaluation (low evaluation).

Furthermore, a line C is a lower insurance premium setting line and isan insurance premium setting line, for example, in a case where anaverage of the driving evaluation values for a predetermined period inthe past indicates positive evaluation (high evaluation).

In this way, the insurance premium can be calculated in consideration ofthe driving evaluation value by the others.

[6. Exemplary Configuration of Information Processing Apparatus]

Next, an exemplary hardware configuration of an information processingapparatus which can be applied as the vehicle-side informationprocessing apparatus 100 and the information management apparatus 200described with reference to FIG. 2 will be described with reference toFIG. 19.

A central processing unit (CPU) 501 functions as a data processing unitwhich executes various processing according to a program stored in aread only memory (ROM) 502 or a storage unit 508. For example,processing according to the sequence described in the above embodimentis executed. A random access memory (RAM) 503 stores the programexecuted by the CPU 501, data, and the like. The CPU 501, the ROM 502,and the RAM 503 are connected to each other by a bus 504.

The CPU 501 is connected to an input/output interface 505 via the bus504, and the input/output interface 505 is connected to an input unit506 including various switches, a keyboard, a touch panel, a mouse, amicrophone, or the like and an output unit 507 including a display, aspeaker, or the like.

Note that the input unit 506 of the vehicle-side information processingapparatus 100 includes a user interface, a sensor, a camera, a GPS, andthe like.

The output unit 506 of the vehicle-side information processing apparatus100 includes a user interface. Furthermore, a warning sound output unitis also included.

The CPU 501 inputs a command input from the input unit 506 and detectioninformation from a driving behavior detection unit (sensor, camera, GPS,and the like) 521, executes various processing, and outputs theprocessing result to, for example, the output unit 507.

The storage unit 508 connected to the input/output interface 505includes, for example, a hard disk and the like and stores the programexecuted by the CPU 501 and various data. A communication unit 509functions as a transceiver for data communication via a network such asthe Internet and a local area network and further functions as atransmission and reception unit of broadcast waves and communicates withexternal devices.

A drive 510 connected to the input/output interface 505 drives aremovable medium 511 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, amagneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory such as a memory cardand records or reads data.

[7. Summary of Configuration of Present Disclosure]

The embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detailwith reference to the specific embodiments above. However, it is obviousthat those skilled in the art can make modifications and substitutionsof the embodiments without departing from the gist of the presentdisclosure. In other words, the present disclosure has been disclosed ina form of exemplification and is not restrictively interpreted. Claimsshould be considered in order to determine the gist of the presentdisclosure.

Note that the technology disclosed in the present specification can havethe following configuration.

(1) An information processing apparatus including:

an evaluation information input unit configured to input evaluationinformation regarding driving of another vehicle; and

a communication unit configured to transmit the evaluation informationinput by the evaluation information input unit to an informationmanagement apparatus.

(2) The information processing apparatus according to (1), in which

the evaluation information input unit is

a user interface using a display unit that displays an image captured bya camera, and

is an input unit that can input an evaluation value indicating positiveevaluation or negative evaluation regarding the another vehicledisplayed on the display unit.

(3) The information processing apparatus according to (1) or (2),further including:

a driver registration unit configured to input driver information, inwhich

the communication unit transmits the driver information input via thedriver registration unit to the information management apparatus.

(4) The information processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to(3), further including:

a location detection unit configured to detect location information, inwhich

the communication unit transmits the location information detected bythe location detection unit to the information management apparatus.

(5) The information processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to(4), further including:

an event detection unit configured to detect event information, in which

the communication unit transmits the event information detected by theevent detection unit to the information management apparatus.

(6) The information processing apparatus according to (5), in which

the event information includes event information based on inputprocessing indicating an evaluation information input intention of auser.

(7) The information processing apparatus according to (5), in which

the event information includes event information based on detection of adangerous vehicle based on an image captured by a camera.

(8) The information processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to(7), further including:

an output unit configured to output evaluation information transmittedby the information management apparatus.

(9) The information processing apparatus according to (8), in which

the output unit inputs driving evaluation information of an own vehiclefrom the information management apparatus and outputs the inputinformation.

(10) The information processing apparatus according to (8), in which

the output unit inputs a summary of driving evaluation information madefor the another vehicle from the information management apparatus andoutputs the input information.

(11) An information processing apparatus including:

a communication unit configured to receive evaluation informationregarding driving of another car from a vehicle;

an evaluation information database configured to store the evaluationinformation; and

a totaling processing unit configured to execute analysis processingbased on data stored in the evaluation information database.

(12) The information processing apparatus according to (11), in which

the information processing apparatus

acquires at least any one of vehicle information, driver information, orlocation information from the vehicle, and

executes processing for specifying at least any one of an evaluationtarget vehicle or an evaluation target driver by executing matchingprocessing on data received together with the evaluation information andat least any one of the vehicle information, the driver information, orthe location information.

(13) The information processing apparatus according to (11) or (12), inwhich

the information processing apparatus

transmits a result of the analysis processing, based on the data storedin the evaluation information database, executed by the totalingprocessing unit to the vehicle.

(14) An information processing system including:

a vehicle-side information processing apparatus; and

an information management apparatus, in which

the vehicle-side information processing apparatus includes

an evaluation information input unit that inputs evaluation informationregarding driving of another vehicle, and

a communication unit that transmits the evaluation information input tothe evaluation information input unit to the information managementapparatus, and

the information management apparatus includes

a communication unit that receives the evaluation information from thevehicle-side information processing apparatus,

an evaluation information database that stores the evaluationinformation, and

a totaling processing unit that executes analysis processing based ondata stored in the evaluation information database.

(15) An information processing method executed by an informationprocessing apparatus, the method including:

input detection processing of detecting input processing of evaluationinformation regarding driving of another vehicle to an evaluationinformation input unit; and

data transmission processing of transmitting the evaluation informationinput to the evaluation information input unit to an informationmanagement apparatus via a communication unit.

(16) An information processing method executed by an informationprocessing apparatus, the method including:

a communication step of receiving evaluation information regardingdriving of another car from a vehicle via a communication unit;

a step of storing the evaluation information in an evaluationinformation database by a data processing unit; and

a totaling step of executing analysis processing based on data stored inthe evaluation information database by a totaling processing unit.

(17) A program for causing an information processing apparatus toexecute information processing including:

input detection processing of detecting input processing of evaluationinformation regarding driving of another vehicle to an evaluationinformation input unit; and

data transmission processing of transmitting the evaluation informationinput to the evaluation information input unit to an informationmanagement apparatus via a communication unit.

(18) A program for causing an information processing apparatus toexecute information processing including:

a communication step of receiving evaluation information regardingdriving of another car from a vehicle via a communication unit;

a step of storing the evaluation information in an evaluationinformation database by a data processing unit; and

a totaling step of executing analysis processing based on data stored inthe evaluation information database by a totaling processing unit.

Furthermore, the series of processing described in the specification canbe executed by hardware, software, or a composite configuration of thehardware and the software. In a case where the processing is executed bythe software, it is possible that a program in which a processingsequence has been recorded is installed in a memory, which is built indedicated hardware, in a computer and executed or the program isinstalled in a general computer which can execute various processing andexecuted. For example, the program can be recorded in a recording mediumin advance. In addition to installing the program from the recordingmedium to the computer, it is possible that the program is received viaa network such as a local area network (LAN) or the Internet andinstalled to a recording medium such as a built-in hard disk.

Note that various processing described in the present specification isnot only executed in time series according to the description, and maybe executed in parallel or individually according to a processingcapability of an apparatus for executing the processing or as necessity.Furthermore, in the present specification, the system is a logical groupconfiguration of a plurality of devices, and the devices of theconfiguration are not limited to be housed in the same casing.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

As described above, according to the configuration of one embodiment ofthe present disclosure, a configuration is realized that can acquire andaccumulate driving evaluation data of another car from a vehicle andevaluate driving of a driver of each vehicle.

Specifically, for example, vehicle information, driver information, andlocation information are transmitted from a vehicle-side informationprocessing apparatus to an information management apparatus, and inaddition, evaluation information regarding driving of the other vehicleis transmitted to the information management apparatus. The informationmanagement apparatus receives the vehicle information, the driverinformation, and the location information from the vehicle and storesthe received information in a database and receives evaluationinformation and time information, driver information, and the like atthe time of evaluation. By matching processing on the data stored in thedatabase and the data received together with the evaluation information,an evaluation target vehicle and a driver are specified, stored in anevaluation information database, and analysis processing based on thestored data is executed, and the analysis result is provided to thedriver and the like.

According to this configuration, a configuration is realized thatenables to acquire and accumulate driving evaluation data of another carfrom a vehicle and evaluate driving of a driver of each vehicle.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

-   11, 12, 13 Car-   21, 22, 23 Driver (driver)-   30 Information management apparatus-   40 Insurance company-   100 Vehicle-side information processing apparatus-   101 Vehicle registration unit-   102 Driver registration unit-   103 Location detection unit-   104 Event detection unit-   105 Evaluation information input user interface (UI)-   106 Evaluation information output user interface (UI)-   200 Information management apparatus-   201 Vehicle information database-   202 Driver information database-   203 Vehicle location information database-   204 Event information database-   205 Matching processing unit-   206 Evaluation information database-   207 Totaling processing unit-   400 Vehicle-   401 Driver-   420 Insurance company-   421 Information processing apparatus-   501 CPU-   502 ROM-   503 RAM-   504 Bus-   505 Input/output interface-   506 Input unit-   507 Output unit-   508 Storage unit-   509 Communication unit-   510 Drive-   511 Removable medium

The invention claimed is:
 1. An information processing apparatus,comprising: a Central Processing Unit (CPU) configured to: acquire eventinformation associated with a target vehicle; control, based on theacquired event information, a display screen to display a userinterface; control reception of first evaluation information via theuser interface, wherein the first evaluation information includes: anevaluation value of the target vehicle, and evaluation reasoninformation that indicates a reason for the evaluation value, and theuser interface includes: a first display region that indicates theevaluation value of the target vehicle, and a second display region thatincludes a plurality of evaluation reason items, wherein the evaluationreason information corresponds to at least one evaluation reason item ofthe plurality of evaluation reason items; and control transmission ofeach of the event information and the first evaluation information to aninformation management apparatus.
 2. The information processingapparatus according to claim 1, wherein the CPU is further configured tocontrol the display screen to display an image in the user interface,and the evaluation value corresponds to one of a positive evaluationvalue or a negative evaluation value of the target vehicle.
 3. Theinformation processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the CPUis further configured to: control reception of driver information of aspecific vehicle associated with the information processing apparatus;and control transmission of the driver information to the informationmanagement apparatus.
 4. The information processing apparatus accordingto claim 1, wherein the CPU is further configured to: detect locationinformation of a specific vehicle associated with the informationprocessing apparatus; and control transmission of the detected locationinformation to the information management apparatus.
 5. The informationprocessing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the CPU is furtherconfigured to: detect a dangerous vehicle based on an image captured bya camera; and acquire the event information based on the detection ofthe dangerous vehicle.
 6. The information processing apparatus accordingto claim 1, wherein the CPU is further configured to: control receptionof second evaluation information from the information managementapparatus; and control output of the received second evaluationinformation.
 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim6, wherein the CPU is further configured to: control reception ofdriving evaluation information of a specific vehicle from theinformation management apparatus, wherein the specific vehicle isassociated with the information processing apparatus; and control outputof the received driving evaluation information.
 8. The informationprocessing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the CPU is furtherconfigured to: control reception of a summary of driving evaluationinformation of the target vehicle from the information managementapparatus; and control output of the received summary of the drivingevaluation information of the target vehicle.
 9. An informationprocessing apparatus, comprising: a Central Processing Unit (CPU)configured to: control reception of event information associated with afirst vehicle; control reception of evaluation information associatedwith the first vehicle from a second vehicle, wherein the evaluationinformation is received based on the event information associated withthe first vehicle, the evaluation information includes: an evaluationvalue of the first vehicle, and evaluation reason information thatindicates a reason for the evaluation value, and the user interfaceincludes: a first display region that indicates the evaluation value ofthe target vehicle, and a second display region that includes aplurality of evaluation reason items, wherein the evaluation reasoninformation corresponds to at least one evaluation reason item of theplurality of evaluation reason items; control storage of the evaluationinformation and the event information; and execute an analysis processbased on the stored evaluation information and the event information.10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, whereinthe CPU is further configured to: acquire at least one of vehicleinformation, driver information, or location information from the secondvehicle; execute a matching process to match data of event informationwith at least one of the vehicle information, the driver information, orthe location information; and determine at least one of the firstvehicle or a driver of the first vehicle based on the execution of thematching process.
 11. The information processing apparatus according toclaim 9, wherein the CPU is further configured to control transmissionof a result of the analysis process to the second vehicle, and thetransmission is controlled based on the evaluation information and theanalysis process.
 12. An information processing system, comprising: avehicle-side information processing apparatus; and an informationmanagement apparatus, wherein the vehicle-side information processingapparatus includes a first Central Processing unit (CPU) configured to:acquire event information associated with a target vehicle, control,based on the acquired event information, a display screen to display auser interface, control reception of evaluation information via the userinterface, wherein the evaluation information includes: an evaluationvalue of the target vehicle, and evaluation reason information thatindicates a reason for the evaluation values, and the user interfaceincludes: a first display region that indicates the evaluation value ofthe target vehicle, and a second display region that includes aplurality of evaluation reason items, wherein the evaluation reasoninformation corresponds to at least one evaluation reason item of theplurality of evaluation reason items, control transmission of the eventinformation and the evaluation information to the information managementapparatus, and the information management apparatus includes a secondCPU configured to: control reception of the event information associatedwith the target vehicle, control reception of the evaluation informationfrom the vehicle-side information processing apparatus, control storageof the event information and the evaluation information, and execute ananalysis process based on the stored evaluation information and theevent information.
 13. An information processing method, comprising:acquiring event information associated with a target vehicle;controlling, based on the acquired event information, a display screento display a user interface; controlling reception of evaluationinformation via the user interface, wherein the evaluation informationincludes: an evaluation value of the target vehicle, and evaluationreason information that indicates a reason for the evaluation value, andthe user interface includes: a first display region that indicates theevaluation value of the target vehicle, and a second display region thatincludes a plurality of evaluation reason items, wherein the evaluationreason information corresponds to at least one evaluation reason item ofthe plurality of evaluation reason items; controlling transmission ofthe event information and the evaluation information to an informationmanagement apparatus.
 14. An information processing method, comprising:controlling reception of event information associated with a firstvehicle; controlling reception of evaluation information associated withthe first vehicle-from a second vehicle, wherein the evaluationinformation is received based on the event information associated withthe first vehicle, the evaluation information includes: an evaluationvalue of the first vehicle, evaluation reason information that indicatesa reason for the evaluation value, and the user interface includes: afirst display region that indicates the evaluation value of the targetvehicle, and a second display region that includes a plurality ofevaluation reason items, wherein the evaluation reason informationcorresponds to at least one evaluation reason item of the plurality ofevaluation reason items; controlling storage of the event informationand the evaluation information; and executing an analysis process basedon the stored evaluation information and the event information.
 15. Anon-transitory computer-readable-medium having stored thereoncomputer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor,cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:acquiring event information associated with a target vehicle;controlling, based on the acquired event information, a display screento display a user interface; controlling reception of evaluationinformation via the user interface, wherein the evaluation informationincludes: an evaluation value of the target vehicle, and evaluationreason information that indicates a reason for the evaluation value, andthe user interface includes: a first display region that indicates theevaluation value of the target vehicle, and a second display region thatincludes a plurality of evaluation reason items, wherein the evaluationreason information corresponds to at least one evaluation reason item ofthe plurality of evaluation reason items; and controlling transmissionof the event information and the evaluation information to aninformation management apparatus.
 16. A non-transitorycomputer-readable-medium having stored thereon computer-executableinstructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor toexecute operations, the operations comprising: controlling reception ofevent information associated with a first vehicle; controlling receptionof evaluation information associated with the first vehicle from asecond vehicle, wherein the evaluation information is received based onthe event information associated with the first vehicle, and theevaluation information includes: an evaluation value of the firstvehicle, and evaluation reason information that indicates a reason forthe evaluation value, the user interface includes: a first displayregion that indicates the evaluation value of the target vehicle, and asecond display region that includes a plurality of evaluation reasonitems, wherein the evaluation reason information corresponds to at leastone evaluation reason item of the plurality of evaluation reason items;controlling storage of the event information and the evaluationinformation; and executing an analysis process based on the storedevaluation information and the event information.
 17. The informationprocessing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the CPU is furtherconfigured to: control the display screen to display an image of aspecific vehicle; determine the specific vehicle is a dangerous vehiclebased on second evaluation information of the specific vehicle; andcontrol, based on the determination of the dangerous vehicle, thedisplay screen to display a warning frame around the dangerous vehiclein the displayed image.
 18. An information processing apparatus,comprising: a Central Processing Unit (CPU) configured to: acquire eventinformation associated with a target vehicle; control, based on theacquired event information, a display screen to display a userinterface; control reception of first evaluation information via theuser interface, wherein the first evaluation information includes: anevaluation value of the target vehicle, and evaluation reasoninformation that indicates a reason for the evaluation value; controltransmission of each of the event information and the first evaluationinformation to an information management apparatus; control the displayscreen to display an image of a specific vehicle; determine the specificvehicle is a dangerous vehicle based on second evaluation information ofthe specific vehicle; and control, based on the determination of thedangerous vehicle, the display screen to display a warning frame aroundthe dangerous vehicle in the displayed image.
 19. An informationprocessing method, comprising: acquiring event information associatedwith a target vehicle; controlling, based on the acquired eventinformation, a display screen to display a user interface; controllingreception of first evaluation information via the user interface,wherein the first evaluation information includes: an evaluation valueof the target vehicle, and evaluation reason information that indicatesa reason for the evaluation value; controlling transmission of each ofthe event information and the first evaluation information to aninformation management apparatus; controlling the display screen todisplay an image of a specific vehicle; determining the specific vehicleis a dangerous vehicle based on second evaluation information of thespecific vehicle; and controlling based on the determination of thedangerous vehicle, the display screen to display a warning frame aroundthe dangerous vehicle in the displayed image.